Poems

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Love the Provider

JOHN WHITE

Come, thankful heart, God's near and dearAnd faithful care adore!Let joy too at the feast appear,In radiant thought hold bright and clearLove's ever present store.
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Gratitude

FLORENCE AYLWIN

I thank Thee, God, that Thou art Life,And that I live in Thee;For as I see this, I shall haveLife more abundantly.

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A spiritual perspective on politics

We've gathered a variety of guests for this series, each with wonderful spiritual insights and proof that these spiritual ideas are effective—even for something that looms large, like politics.

From Faculties indestructible

MAN'S DIVINE HERITAGE

Man's divine heritage as the son of God is not a promise, but is the present fact; it is one's true state of being.

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Lessons from the Flowers

ELLA A. STONE

How oft in memory we turnTo that bright morning long ago,When Jesus spoke to yearning hearts,And taught them God's dear care to know.

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Obedience

LILY BOYD

Life calls me to awake, whilst I would sleeping lie;Truth bids me work, for joyous tasks are nigh;Love whispers: These thy brothers, every passer-by;Life, Truth, and Love obeyed, all needs supply.
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A Supplication

BERNICE M. WELLS

O God, with humble heart I Thee beseech,Guard Thou my every thought, my deeds, my speech;Help me to think Thy thoughts, to do Thy will—To heed Thy sweet, assuring: Peace, be still!
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O Still Small Voice!

REUBEN POGSON

O still small voice that came in stillness of the Horeb height,That hushed to silence earthquake, wind, and flame,Come whisper now, that we forget the hour of shameful flight,When evil menaced him who loved Thy name!

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Anthology of classic articles II

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

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From Pregnancy and childbirth

For expectant mothers

The more fully we accept the spiritual nature of birth, the more effortlessly we can demonstrate that nothing has occurred from which one needs to recover.

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From Free from Contagion

Bringing our prayers to the threat of contagion

Prayer can lift us out of the swirl of fear, and it can be a calming, healing influence in our communities as well.

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Close to Thee, O God

IVA B. LINEBARGER

O, May I walk so close to Thee, from hour to hour,That ever on my upward way,When doubts or fears my path assail,When evil claims my footsteps fail,I then may have the grace to say:I walk with God, and know there is no other power!
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Heritage

LORNA BURROWS

God's peace is mine; I can be stillAnd know that right prevails.
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Happiness

PEARL G. ANDREWS

There is a peace which passeth understanding;There is a joy no man can take away;It is in knowing God, the one creator,And man, His image, as the Scriptures say.
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The Benevolent Association Sanatorium

DOROTHY THODY

This home is blessed!The open gate swings wide; the watchful light,Its beacon, kindles on the edge of night.
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The Great Supper

BLANCHE NELSON

Go ye out into the highways,Bring My wandering children backTo the feast of Love's preparing;In My house there is no lack.
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Bethesda Pool

MAUDE DE VERSE NEWTON

Many seasons beside the poolI sought the troubled waters first in line,But ever as I strove to goAnother's step was swifter than was mine.